Martyr
Philosophus of Alexandria
A martyr of Alexandria, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Philosophus of Alexandria suffered for Christ at Alexandria, in the persecution of Emperor Decius (249-251).
He was a young man whom they pressed to renounce Christ, but he stayed unshaken. Then the tormentors wished to push him into sin: they led him into a flowering garden and left him bound, alone, with a licentious woman. So as not to yield to sin, the saint bit off his tongue and by that terrible pain guarded himself from bodily passion. He spat the bloody tongue into the woman's face. The executioners, seeing his courage, cut off his head with the sword.
Saint Philosophus is commemorated on 13 June, in the new style.
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